Get Fit Faster

With the hectic pace many of us are living at nowadays, few people seem to make time for a real, healthy breakfast – maybe we slurp down a coffee and eat an Egg McMuffin on the way to work. But few of us sit down, at home, to eat breakfast before heading for work or school. This isn’t just an unhealthy way to eat, it’s also a recipe for disappointment if you want to build muscle fast. We already know nutritional support is important, and there is a reason that breakfast has been called the most important meal of the day.

When you wake up in the morning, your body has been through a prolonged period of starvation. Already in a catabolic state, your muscle is being rapidly wasted away. If you want to build muscle, you have to move into an anabolic state as soon as possible. Eating a proper breakfast is the quickest way to do this. This will not only help you to gain muscle mass but will also help you to lose fat throughout the day.

Because of this period of starvation your protein levels are very low, so are your blood sugar and glycogen levels, and your body is severely dehydrated. To support your goal of building muscle, you should correct this deficit of nutrients and water with 45 minutes of waking up. The one thing that allows you to do just that is a good breakfast.

This will allow your blood sugar and glycogen levels to get back to normal, jump start your fat burning metabolic rate, and reverse muscle catabolism. Your entire body will also get rehydrated. For best results, you should eat as soon as possible after you wake up. While you shouldn’t wait more than 45 minutes, if you’re not hungry, wait a few minutes.

Because you’re trying to feed and build your muscles, high quality protein should be the first and main component of your breakfast. You’ll want to get about 30 to 40 grams of protein from a whey protein shake, lean meat, or eggs. With this, your body will not consume the protein in your muscle.

After the proteins, you should get two portions of a moderate to high glycemic index carbohydrate.
Carbs that are higher on the glycemic index will refill your glycogen stores quicker.

Examples of high glycemic carbs are potatoes, bread, instant hot cereals and flake cereals.

With the two portions of carbohydrates and one portion of protein, you need to also drink at least 8 to 16 ounces of pure water to begin to rehydrate your body.

Consuming a tablespoon of flax seed oil and/or extra virgin olive oil at this time will also help you gain lean muscle. Don’t worry about these fats; these are very healthy and will help move those nutrients through your body, which in turn helps you feed and build muscle. If this is your goal, and I assume it is if you’re reading this, give this breakfast a try and see what it does for your results!

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